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Tumblr updates bring new bookmarklet, Radar discovery page, API and much more
Next on the big-hitters list is Tumblr.com/Radar (in alpha, cuz beta is so yesterdy), a page that lets you watch the new posts appearing across all Tumblr blogs. This is a great idea, though we figure this should simply be the main page for Tumblr.com to help introduce those who are new to the concept of a tumbelog and to help potential users get the ball rolling (Exhibit A: the del.icio.us main page).
Other notable changes include a clean new theme added to the growing list, dynamic quote sizes for quote posts, new 'links with descriptions' and 'YouTube Videos' options for feed importing and something that should put a smile on the face of developers and blog hackers everywhere: an official Tumblr API.
Nice work yet again for the service that makes stream-of-conscious blogging perhaps easier than it should ever be.
I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before.
Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
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Chris Brentano said 1:59PM on 3-18-2007
Really, why did they have to name it Radar? Maybe I'm showing too much love for Radar.net (the cool cameraphone sharing site) but it's awfully coincidental. ;)
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